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Registration / Notification of a Mobile Food Premises - Victoria

Description

You will require this registration / notification if you intend to operate a temporary food premises, including on a one-off basis. This registration / notification is to ensure a safe standard of food handling, preparation and selling is maintained for the public health.

A mobile food premises includes any form of vehicle or mobile food stall that is used for the preparation or sale of food, but does not include vehicles whose sole purpose is for the transport of food.

There are four classes of food premises. Different food safety requirements
apply to each class based on the food safety risks of its highest risk food
handling activity. A mobile food premises will be either:

class 2 (required registration)

class 3 (requires registration)

class 4 (requires notification).

Notification is for premises with the lowest risk food handling, and
is once-off, with no fee payable.

A Statewide single registration / notification system now applies to mobile
food premises. Food businesses must register or notify their mobile food
premises with their principal council. Their principal council will usually be
the council for the district where the business prepares or stores food to be
sold from the mobile food premises, or, if food is not usually prepared or
stored beforehand, the district where the vehicle is mainly garaged.

The single registration system means that when you register or notify your
mobile food premises with your principal council, it applies across Victoria.
You can operate these premises in any other council district in Victoria
without having to register again. You will be required to notify any new council you operate within, though there is no fee for this notification. For
more information about the single registration system, you can visit the
Department of Health website.

You can register / notify your mobile food premises in Streatrader, an online system for the State-wide registration and notification
of temporary and mobile food premises, food vending machines and water
transport vehicles. Associated permanent or fixed premises can also be
registered or notified in this online system.

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for this registration / notification you must:

Have a mobile food premises;

Make an application for registration or notification to your principal council via Streetrader or by completing the approved hard-copy form (available your principal council) and attaching any required documentation;- pay the fee (if any) as determined by the principal Council.

Please consult the Council for further information or advice.

Ongoing eligibility requirements

Additional registration or approvals may be required for other food premises. You must comply with all conditions, requirements or obligations imposed by the local Council or under the Act or Regulations, including the Food Standards Code, Food Safety Program, Council Inspections and labeling requirements. Failure to comply may result in your registration being revoked or suspended.

Duration

One year, unless otherwise specified on the permit. Annual renewal is required.

Fees range between $306.50 and $1154 according to the class of your business, please consult the responsible council for information on the correct fees to be submitted with your application. Fees for 2017-18.

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